Contents of the Sural for January 8, 1859. 
AGRICULTURAL. Pack. 
The Time to Think and Plan.13 
Agricultural Books and Experiments.13 
Composition to Stop Leakage.13 
Underdraining.13 
A Good Farm Gate, [Illustrated,]. 13 
A Hand Plow, [Illustrated,].13 
Profitable Farming. 11 
The Winter in Minnesota. 11 
Mad Itch. 11 
The Apiary—Wintering Bees. 11 
Growing Com. H 
Heating Water Expeditiously. H 
Growing Onions. H 
Inquiries and Anstrcrs — Beans for Sheep: Water 
Rams; Tamarac for Posts; Crib-Biting; Catarrh in Sheep. 14 
Rural Spirit of the Press. — Agriculture in France; 
Winter Quarters for Sheep; Horses and Stables; To Make 
Good Winter Butter; Foot-rot in Sheep.H 
Agricultural Miscellany.— Winter Meeting of Agricul¬ 
tural Societies; Experience in Draining; Guano Discove¬ 
ries; Cattle Transportation—Liabilities of Railroads: Or- 
namental Borders; Illinois State Horticultural Society... 14 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Conversation about Dwarf Pears, No. 2, [Illustrated,].. 15 
Leaf Blight.—Cracking of the Pear. 15 
Growing Cauliflowers.15 
Flower Seeds.15 
Hubbard Squash, [Illustrated,]. 15 
Growing Radishes in Coal Ashes. 15 
Horticulture in Oregon. 15 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
The Art of Patching; Bread Making; To Bone a Turkey; 
Pudding; Indian Corn Bread; Coloring Cotton Red; 
Coloring Cochineal Scarlet. 15 
LADIES’ OLIO. 
A Picture, [Poetical.] Letters from Our Farm — No. 5; 
American Women; In-door Exercises. lo 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
’Tis Darkest Ere Dawn, [Poetical.] Plowhandle Papers; 
Every Man’s Autobiography; Rising Higher. 16 
SABBATH MUSINGS. 
The Early Dead, [Poetical.] Sabbath Musings; Bearing 
Crosses; Early Religious Impressions; Responsibility.. 16 
THE TRAVELER. 
Letters from a Hungarian; The Country and People of 
Japan: Scenes in and around Jerusalem, [Illustrated;] 
The Land of Contraries. 1® 
YOUNG RURALIST. 
Interesting Arithmetical Facts; Breaking Steers; The Old 
School-House. 1® 
STORY TELLER. 
What the Little Years Did, [Poetical.] Alice and Adelaide • 
or, The True and the False,. 20 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
Young America Corn Sheller—Leavenworth A Mason. 
Learn to Live—The Letter Box—M. W. Simmons. 
N. Y. State Agricultural Society—B. P. Johnson. 
Patent Buggy Horse Hay Rake—Elbert IV hite. 
A $5,000 Farm For Sale—J. M. J. Jefts. 
Political Intelligence. 
The Weather of December, 1858. 
News jparagrapljs. <EI)c News Condenser. 
— Foreign letter writers say that a revolution in Italy 
is approaching. 
— The New York Fireman have now a permanent 
The Inauguration ceremonies at Albany on the While the four months preceding November -^- - 
lstinst it is said passed off with more than usual were exceedingly pleasant, the last months ot the There are manifest symptoms of revolution again — It is said that the King of Prussia has recovered 
eclat.' Gov. King’, stepping out, welcomed his year have been quite the reverse, and have given in Italy. Arrests have been made at Pavia and his health. 
successor in a very happy manner, while Gov. us very little clear and fair weather. Milan. All the Italian peninsula is full of volcanic — Foreign letter writers say that a revolution in Italy 
Morgan congratulated his Executive forerunner in In the first half of December, not one day was political elements, and a grand revolution is cer- is approaching. 
retiring from the office he had “ so honorably fill- clear for one-half of the 24 hours. Indeed, ot the tain to take place sooner or later. Constant vigi- — The New York Fireman have now a permanent 
ed ” Both Houses will convene to-day (Tuesday) 45 daily observations, at 7 A. M. and 2 and 9 P. M., ] ance and espionage are required to prevent a fund of $95,250. 
atll V M Lieut. Gov. Campbell presides in the only four were clear. The mean heat was one de- ser i 0 us and general outbreak. — The whole number of Jews in Europe at the pres- 
Senate. The Assembly will be called to order by gree above the average. Rain w as enough. A Houston (Texas) letter says that the cotton ent time is 2,451,178. 
Mr. Wilson, Clerk of the last House, and he will In the last half we had one day clear throughout crop of that gtate has turned out better than was - Col. Fremont’s Mariposa claim yields from $1,500 
continue to preside until the election of a Speaker, the 18th, that very cold day over the noithern an anticipated; corn is abundant and cheap; the to $3,000 every week. 
The Oath of Office will be administered to the north-eastern regions from us, and cot a so lel< -- wbca t crop was plentiful; a greatly increased —It is said that Mr. Read, our Minister to China, is 
members by the Secretary of State. After the December 10th was also mostly clcai , the rest a q uan tity of wheat will be sown the coming season; about to return home. 
a oimii bn nrtrnnized. bv the election of its clouds. Still, we have found the time quite na e, cmrnr ennp hn<j nrnvod a decided sue- —The report of the death of Col. Albert Pike, of Ar- 
about to return home. 
Assembly shall be organized, by the election 
the Chinese sugar cane has proved a decided sue- — The report of the death of Col. Albert Fike, of Ar- 
Officers, the Governor’s Message will be communi- and some have said it was pleasant. The average cegg . immigration> both foreign and domes t ic , is kansas > i8 contradicted. 
cated to both Houses. The hour at which we go heat was 2.5' above the mean of 21 years, and of 
to press compels us to omit further note of pro- the month is towards 2° above the mean. 
I * mi _l A__G4L nvwl 1/Hli oml line 
ceedings until our next issue. 
The first of January was inauguration day in 
several other states, beside our own. Governors 
Ihe canal froze on Dec. 9th and 10th, and has . t aken j n common school education, etc., etc. 
remained in that state through the thawing of the 
earth’s surface two or three times since. 
pouring into the State; one hundred and fifty miles — The Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad is com- 
of railroad will be finished this year; great interest plcted to Lisbon, Iowa. 
is taken in common school education, etc., etc. — A sewing machine has been invented to be used in 
. . ,. . ,, , , . e the bottoming of shoes. 
A revolution is impending in Cuba. A part of 
__, - ' . , . , , , . the troops are ready to join in the movement, and 
Morrell of Maine, and Banks of Massachusetts, ' aS . n .°. , . . • Auburn the authorities are so thoroughly frightened that America an its peop e, 
re-commence their official terms with the year.- month, though sleighs have been m use i j are courting the assistance of France. Such - The numbcr of P ri . 
Lola Montez is lecturing in Dublin, Ireland, on 
re-commence their oflic.a terms witu me year ^ & ^ at utica for , much of the month.- tliey are courting the assista: 
Governors Wisner of Michigan, Burton of Dela- t J t heat was on thc Mth , and was 56% and is * he rumor in New Orleans, 
ware, and Ellis of North Carolina, also enter upon ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ wag 8% Qn both The two Mexican Preside! 
their duties. and ^ Thc rain of the month was which can sell out first. Zuh 
The two Mexican Presidents are trying to see 
— The number of prisoners in the Illinois State Prison 
on December 1, was 642. 
— The London Times speaks of the city of Portland, 
their duties. the 18th and 25th. The rain of the month was =u, ... ... 
Gov. Lowe of Iowa, has refused to call an extra o ^ incbeg power,) is urging the English to come in and es- 
session of the Legislature of that State, which had For ^ ' Romans tbe year was divided by Romu- tablish a Pnrtcctorc, while Juarez (the insurgent) 
been demanded on the ground of the necessity of lus into ten month ’ S) the last of which was Decern- has an envoy dimn S Wlth Gen ’ Cass and Mr ‘ 
further legislation in aid of thc Iowa railroad en- ^ fn)m ten> and Mer , a s h 0 wer, storm, Buchanan, at Washington and urging them to do 
terprises and the enactment of relief laws. or weatber and jt mean t the tenth division of the tbe same thing. 
The Legislatures of California and Wisconsin weather of the year. Numa soon after added the Gen. James Gadsen, formerly U. S. Minister at 
met on the 3d inst. That of Pennsylvania meets tw0 months, January and February, so as to bring Mexico, died at Charleston, S. C. on the 26th inst 
to-day, (Tuesday.) Those of Maine, Maryland, tbc reckoning to a nearer accordance with the rev- Be was appointed Minister to Mexico in 1853, am 
Massachusetts and Michigan to-morrow, (Wednes- olution of the sun. negotiated the treaty with the Government of that 
day.) That of Illinois next week Monday. That Tbc sun was farthest south on December 21st, country, which bears Ins name. He was about 
which can sell out first. Zuloga (the President in Mc ’’ as a Canadian town. 
power,) is urging the English to come in and es¬ 
tablish aProtectore, while Juarez (the insurgent) 
— Tbe whole number of Indians within our limits is 
estimated at about 350,000. 
— Mr. Bpurgeon is expected to be in New York du- 
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sota, Illinois, Delaivare, Louisiana. 
The Missouri Legislature permanently organ¬ 
ized on the 28th ult. by the election of Mr. Coffey, 
sad and afflicted days, and to far more, of pros- tapiisn a scnooi oi 
perity and joy. Let it not be said, “ We take no Harmony, Indiana, 
note of time,” by even one thoughtless heart. Its The Baltimore £ 
Buchanan, at Washington and urging them to do r *ng thc May anniversaries. 
the same thing. — The a SS re g at « vaIue of furs exported from St Paul, 
Gen. James Gadsen, formerly U. S. Minister at Minn ” thi8 year > is $161 ’ 022 ’ 
Mexico, died at Charleston, S. C. on the 26tli inst. - An extensive plan is being organized in New York 
He was appointed Minister to Mexico in 1853, and city t0 8cnd emigrants to Arizona, 
negotiated the treaty with the Government of that — A company of gipseys are said to be encamped 
country, which bears his name. He was about within two miles of Norwalk, Ohio, 
sixty years of age —Since the first of November, eight persons have 
According to a London paper, the late Robert been tried, for their lives, in Boston. 
Owen’s sons, David and Richard, are about to es- — Alex. Cameron, of Chatham, C. YV., was killed 
tablish a school of the Practical Sciences at New l)y a threshing machine, on the 25th ult. 
arrnony, Indiana. — It is intended to make Commodore Stewart an Ad- 
The Baltimore Sun says that the trial trip of miral > the tiUe 10 ex P ire with hiB death ’ 
dss Winan’s citrar-slianed steamer, wrill be made —Professors Agassiz and Bache highly approve of 
lzeu on me ~b • y ‘ the little Con (rives us for the Ross Winan’s cigar-shaped steamer, will be made —Professors Agassiz and Bache big 
Dem., as Speaker, Mr Mosely, Clerk of the House, value is shown by the S in about three weeks. She will be propelled by the project of another Arctic expedition. 
». TTmin-b Clerk of the Senate. The Gov- uresent instant, and by the incessant repetition oi ....... . r 7 _ ... ._ 
and Mr Hough, Clerk of tho Senate. ThoGov- presentinstant, and by tho incessant repetition of — “ 
‘mot's Message lavs the amount received from the that second. Let ns be wise to-day; then shall we *>»r engtnes of 1,000 horse-power each. 
Tmsutyfo the two years ending Oet. 1st, was he worthy to receive the greeting of . - Happy S«ka,o« Rich.' eently stated, .» a speech ,n the 
iaasuijt lu % J a ,, Senate, that in 1816 the first effort was made to 
$1,861,000, and the expenditures, $1,182,000. In New Tear._ _ c. n. 1S41 t]le tra de reached thc 
speaking of railroads, lesajs. ic amoun oane p The New aggregate of $65,000,000; and in 1856 it swelled to 
bv the State is $24,950,000, of which bonds have Butter Shipments to California. — I he New AAA A . A 
been issued to the amount of $10,056,000, leaving York Trihtne. states that the shipments of butter the enormous amount of $608,000,000. 
an amount due of $5,894,000. The geographical made during the month of November ult. for the There are signs of war in Europe. 1' ranee is 
survey is progressing rapidly and disclosing ex- California market, as specified by the manifest of quietly arming; the entire conscription of 1857, 
haustless quantities of iron, lead, copper and coal, each vessel, is as follows :-Ocean Telegraph, 856 140,000 men, has been called out, and a large force 
Some additional legislation is suggested in order firkins; Sea Nymph, 318; Moonlight, 843; Alle- is concentrating on the south-eastern frontier of 
to harmonize the different interests growing out of ghany, 1,112; Ivanhoe, 1,399; Industry, 50; Prima the Empire. The Italian people are on the verge 
the Banking law. As an evidence of the advance Donna, 297 ; Fearless, 100; Neptune’s Favorite, of revolution, Austria is intriguing with the Rope, 
& v r tvr i. r _ j oo>r. tt _ yR fi.rriinifl.. Rtflnflincr hpf.wpp.n tbp two "Rmnirps. 
four engines of 1,000 horse-power each. — Cairo, Ill., which was so terribly drowned last 
Senator Rice recently stated, in a speech in the spring, has just been scorched by a large fire. 
Senate, that in 1816 the first effort was made to —The total distance between Bt. Louis and San I< ran- 
navigate the lakes. In 1841 the trade reached the cisco by the new overland route is 2,765 miles. 
000; and in 1856 it swelled to —The Chicago city prison physician had under his 
t of $608,000,000. care the past year 100 cases of delirium tremens, 
f war in Europe. France is — Tlie San Antonio Ledger says there are six Mexi- 
entire conscription of 1857, cans living there whose joint ages foot up 613 years, 
u called out, and a large force — The Philadelphia Y oung Men’s Christian Associa- 
the south-eastern frontier of tion contemplate the erection of a hall to cost $150,000. 
alian people are on the verge — The King of Naples is said to have decidod that 
a is intriguing with the Rope, a11 foreigners employed in his State must be naturalized. 
in between the two Empires, —The wealth of the two great centres Boston and 
of education, the Governor says the number of Walter Lord, 387; Herald of the Morning, 75- and Sardinia, standing between the two Empires “ dol . 
nublic school houses has increased from 1,500 to Total, 6,349 firkins. Unspecified (under the name is drilling her armies. However, let whatever will ^ ork amountstocl S 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 8, 1859. 
“ Rural ” Rrogress. — Thanks to its friends all 
over the land, we are enabled to announce that the 
receipts on subscription to present volume of the 
Rural far exceed those during the corresponding 
period of any year since its commencement. We 
bend in grateful acknowledgment of the numerous 
and substantial favors we are receiving from all 
quarters, and shall earnestly strive to merit this 
unexpectedly large appreciation of the Rural. 
Washington Matters. 
The President has signed a proclamation order¬ 
ing a public sale of 4,300,000 acres of land in Wis¬ 
consin during April and May, including the alter¬ 
nate sections which belong to government along 
the Railroad lines. Such of the lands as may not 
be sold will be subject to private entry. 
The statement of the claims of American citizens 
against Mexico is completed. They amount to 
nearly $11,000,000. Other claims are in the course 
of preparation. The reported revolutionary move¬ 
ments in Cuba have been anticipated by the gov¬ 
ernment here for two months past. 
It appears from the official returns from Bremen 
and Hamburg, two of the most important emi¬ 
grant ports of Europe, that the number of emi¬ 
grants thence to the U. S. was 41,340 for the ten 
months and a half previous to Nov. 15tli. This is 
considerably less than the emigration for the same 
period in the year previous. 
Lord Lyons, according to the latest British ad¬ 
vices, will reach Washington about the first of 
March. 
There is a prospect that the House Military 
Committee will report in favor of a protectorate 
over a portion of Mexico. The precise limits are 
not fixed. A large number of Southern members, 
however, including almost thc whole of South 
Carolina’s delegation, will oppose a protectorate, 
preferring to stand upon the provisions of the ex¬ 
isting treaty, which establishes a cordon of mili¬ 
tary posts on the dividing line of the two countries. 
Dispatches at the Navy Depot, from Commo¬ 
dore Larallette, of the Wabash, dated Beirout, 
Nov. 2d, are received, but they add nothing new to 
what is already known concerning his investiga¬ 
tion of the outrages on American citizens at Jaffa. 
The Commodore has transmitted all the documents 
in the case to our Minister at Constantinople, and 
thinks there will be no delay in obtaining justice. 
The correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, under 
date 30th inst., writes that Gov. Mcdary, of Kan¬ 
sas has made a requisition upon the President for 
military aid in suppressing the disturbance in the 
Territory near Fort Scott. The official report rela¬ 
tive to the late troubles in Kansas was considered 
by the Cabinet on Thursday, when it was deter¬ 
mined to adopt a course which should bring Mont¬ 
gomery and Brown to speedy justice, and orders 
for that purpose were immediately dispatched to 
the Marshal of the Territory. 
Important dispatches were received on the 2d 
from the Gulf of Mexico, which led to prolonged 
consultations between the President, Gen. Cass 
and Mr Preston, the Minister to Spain. What is 
their tenor has not transpired. 
From a report of the Secretary of the Interior, 
made to the Senate, it appears that the entire cost 
of the Government buildings in Washington, in¬ 
cluding statuary and paintings, lias been $14,709,- 
339 0 9. 
public school houses has increased from 1,500 to Total, 6,349 limns, unspeemeu (uuuer ^ « '******“6 .. 
3,380 and the amount of money raised for building of merchandise;) Ocean Telegraph, 232 firkins; happen, it would only be a change of masters for — \ woman in Chesterfield county, Va., was burnt 
school houses from $30,000 to $130,000. The es- Sea Nymph, 416; Moonlight, 49 ; Prima Donna, the Italians. It matters little whether it is France to death, lately, by going to bed with a pipe in her 
tablishment of an agricultural college is urged. 539 ; Neptune’s Favorite, 284; Walter Lord, 57— or Austria. mouth. 
T „ Washington correspondent of the Mi-r. mating 1,575 Utkina. Snm total, 7,926. Calcolat- Tnn delinquent tax list of San Francisco for the _ ^ „ nc0 „ g „ i2atl0n , ha , pa ,d 
says: "It is doubtful if .he new Leg!,- ing each iirkin at 100 lbs. n^at 25 cent, per ih„ f «' “*• «* “ - « WSII “ 
nr --Tl— year's assessments The manuscript copy consist- ' pa „ JC „ Dcla „ re 0o . has ^ 
. ia n „ ... . , , jj a strange omis- The City of Jeduo, Tni; Capital of Japan. — ed of two reams of closely written ioolscap. This Uje New y ork market with over half a million pounds 
'toe ConstiUiLtwhich was accepted by The city of Jeddo is said to be, without exception, indicates a great revulsion since the fast times of of butter . 
both parties no provision was inserted prescribing the largest city in the world. It contains 1,500,000 the early golddiscoteues^_ _ Geo . EustiBj Ex-Chief Justice of Louisiana, died 
of that oat y, uml ooinprisos tyfcrput one-hwlf of tlu> 
year’s assessments. The manuscript copy consist¬ 
ed of two reams of closely written foolscap. This 
both parties no provision waninscrted prescribing the largest city in the world. It contains 1,500,000 the early g old disco'dies. _ - Geo. En.tto, Ex-Chief Justice of Louisiana, died 
the tenure of thc members of the Legislature, orfor dwellings, and the ^paralleled number ,0065000 ^ ^ ^ ^ Iv „ IiKa ._ An honest .t New Or tcmm on die 22d nib He was a native Mas- 
fixing the time of its £££*£'’^“"^two bank; one that lived and M honestly; think of _ wla |„ ft0 la , tareoJe „. me number of unknown 
we suppose, can remedy this deficiency but he „ > J . imme nse, that - % the ie P ort of the Commissioners of the ons who have died in New York has averaged 400 
and the Legislature wear different political com- English miles mecomr e p Sinking Fund, the old State Bank is credited with Derannum 
nlexions. and he is understood to refuse. and the sea along their cost is covered with ships . o > per annum 
and the Legislature wear different political com 
plexions, and he is understood to refuse. 
Ple *^i°6A S> n + h® 1S understood to^remse. T he i r vessels arl^ laden in the southern portion of a P~fit to the State of $2,780,604 39, arising from _ geveral new and extenBivc guano deposit8 have 
All the hot water is not confined to Min .es , with rice> tea seaC oal, tobacco, silk, the stock taken by the State in the old bank; tbe bccn discovered in the Pacific, and taken possession of 
wehear that our Canvassers at Albany have decided P ,, f b - b bnd a bonds issued for the stock are provided for; the b y the U. B. 
to refuse certificates of election to the six Congress- co ton, an ro P lda ™ d ' ’ u turn freighted sum above named is clear profit. It is all safe too; _ A hog was exhibited in Newburgh, N.Y., last week 
men from New York city, for the reason that the ma Let in the north and “ en Droduc g tions and by law its proceeds are hereafter to be devoted wb ; cb weighed 766 pouuds, after being dressed and the 
returns in each case read “ For Member of Con- w.th corn sal'b oil, to the school fund. One can hardly help regret- b.„d hikcn off. 
gress,” instead of "For Representative in Con- o ic noi , w ic i m _ ting that a bank so remarkable as this is wound up; —The people of Iceland are moving for an indepen- 
gress. ’ for it is honestly closed up, without cheating its dent goverment. Tbe project is favored in tbe Danish 
-^- Expekditures op run Bmrisn Gove«™.ric-- s(ockho]dc or other , aa( , note . hoIders aU L o»c, Chamber. 
TER..RE. KAiL«OA» Aoc.nEKX.-The telegraph Tho tot. exposures ^ he H . is. Go c,, men. ^ ^ it was best that it should live — Twenty brides and bridegrooms went out passen- 
on the 81st ult., put us in possession of the fact lor the jear en mg ' s ° ' aic 1 ‘ ’ ,, no longer; as, if it had lived, it might have fallen gC rs in the Arago, which sailed from New York, on 
that a dreadful railroad accident had occurred in numbers, was $ o 65,000, JtK , or a mi ion ‘ j ntQ tbe 8 j n f u i wayg 0 f other moneyed institutions. Saturday week. 
Georgia, on the Columbus and Macon road, but the day. The^army expenditure.wasabout $b 4 uuu uuu ^ & xnonument be raised over the tomb of this — A young man of Butler Co., Ohio, has been sud- 
statements are so conflicting that we are unable to and that for the navy $52,C 00,0 ; rmsce ani u ingtitution « Here lies tbe shade of a bank that denly stricken entirely dumb, without any apparent 
gain any definite idea as to the destruction of life, civil expenses, including the c owry o ^ ^ aU - tg dueg) made a profit for the gt a t e , and previous ailment 
The first dispatch stated that “Forty persons were to the Princess Royal, v 3o,000,000. hoi ic - ^ ^ honorable grave; leaving a successor -The Mt. Vernon Fetes, in New York city, cost 
killed and drowned ;” tbe second “ a fireman and sian expedition there was paid to the Last inm ba(J be ilming but with a good exam- about $1,000 per night; and the receipts were not much 
wood-passer killed, and G. W. Smith, engineer, Company nearly $4,000,000-; and also>to the East foUo ^„ So & says Western paper. above the expenses. 
had bis jaw broken. No passengers killed;” the India Company, for the war with China, nca ly --— The Mississippi Senate has passed a resolution ap- 
engineer, the firemen $3,000,000. New Counterfeits.—The Banks Deceived.—A propriating $30,000 for a monument to the late General 
had bis jaw 
third that “J. H. Miller, engineer, the firemen $3,000,000. _ 
and w r ood-passer, and Conductor Small, w'ere , nnT irr>nria- 
. _ . j l >> l^nTTrATION IN I RANCH.— i llC D&tlODfll CipprOpi liV 
killed and several of tbe passengers drowmed,” ldlcahun 
Rincu, uuu ck.vk. 1 * i 6 a- • France for 1859, are, for the war depart- 
while the fourth gives tbe names of eight passen- tions in 11 ance l ’ ’ . , 
wnneinc o b in addition to ment 345,000,000 francs, and for primary education 
gers and one train hand killed, in addition io f m, 
engineer, conductor, Ac.,-making fourteen-and m the common schools on 6.000,000 francs. The 
not been city of New York alone allows nearly this sum for 
New Counterfeits.—The Banks Deceived.—A propriating $30,000 for a monument to the late Uronerai 
. , • very large quantity of counterfeit $20 bills on the Quitman, at Natchez. 
Education in I ranch.— The nationa pp P - gtate Bank of T has been circu iated in Western - During one week 543,600 lbs. of butter passed the 
tions in France for 18o9, are for the wai depart- ^ S o 'weU executed is this spurious WiUwlch toll-gate, in Ulster Co., for N. Y. city. Its 
ment 34o,000,000 iancs, an oi piimai> c u b jq tbat tbe mos t expert detectives have been de- cash value 18 ifl3o ’° 00 - 
in the common schools only 6.000,000 f ancs. he ^ and , arge quantities have been taken by tbe - Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, brother of Ilcnry ’ 
city of New Y ork alone allows nearly his sum for Qu the ^ ^ gome §800 was received Beecher, lias been elected Captain of a military 
further states, “the other bodies have not been city of New York alone allows neany ms ™ 
recovered.” While there is a degree of uncertainty its public schools, and yet its population is only 
, . . , ■ c about 700 000. while France has a population oi 
enveloping this melancholy affair, sufficient infor- . > f nr Lhlic. educa- 
— Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, brother of Ilcnry Ward 
Beecher, has been elected Captain of a military com¬ 
at the Assorting House, and sent to the Bank pany 111 R Imira > N - ^ • 
recovereu. H line tucicw tt Vi uuwi _ , .. T -, , Ul LUC Abhui HUH liuusc, auu DVLiu LU tiavj aj il u iv 
enveloping this melancholy affair, sufficient infor- about <00, > 0 < , w n e lance la ] Department, where it was examined and pronounc- 
mation has been obtained to give it a fearful P re- ed a fraud, although had it not been known tbat 
eminence among the disasters of this kind that tion was 2 , > 0 iancs, o " UL1 . ’ ’ such bills had been circulated, it might have de- 
have visited railroad travel in our country. to be devoted to superior education in the colleges ^ ^ R . whoge name is ou them . 
__of letters, arts and sciences. hv the stnt e Bunk- 
have visited railroad travel in our country. 
Department, where it was examined and pronounc¬ 
ed a fraud, although had it not been known that 
ceived even the Register whose name is on them. 
— A large number of petitions have been presented 
in the House for the abolition of the office of Chaplain 
in the Army and Navy. 
— There was imported into this country, last year, 
N. Y. Canal Convention. — During the past 
week a Convention of forwarders and others, favor¬ 
able to the enlargement of the canals, was held at 
Syracuse. Among the resolutions adopted was 
n r OTV 7 7 % r A, «♦ : V T 800,000 lbs. Oi opium. Not more than one-tenth is used 
On the 30th, $2,000 was received by the State Bank for medicinal purposes . 
Mt. Y r ERNON Fund.— The ladies of Honolulu, 
Hawaiian Islands, have caught the fever aud are 
raising a fund to assist in the purchase of Mount 
one asking the Legislature to enact alawproviding 
for the submission to the people of the question of ^ 
the authorizing a loan for the full payment of thc 
canal debt existing on the 1st of January, 1859,— j 
ernon. They have already raised over two hun- J = 
red dollars. The Advertiser says:—Go on ladies; stl '°^ w 
of Troy with exchanges from Western cities and 
returned to the agencies in this city aud New York. 
The State Bank of Troy has issued a circular 
calling in all their $20’s, so that they may be de- 
the donation will be as acceptable sent from this 
“-bright little isle of our own, 
In blue summer ocean far off and alone,” 
and another requiring the passage of a law pro- ag though raised within sight of the sacred spot 
viding for the publication of the rates of freight on wbere res t the remains of the “Father of his 
Tiie Paraguay Expedition Heard From.—T he 
New York Herald has correspondence from Per¬ 
nambuco to the 29th of November. 
The steamers Fulton, Lane and Water Witch, of 
railroads at stated periods, for the equalization of Country ” Uie Paraguay expedition, wnicn naa put in mere 
way with through freights, at a pro-rata estab- '--- for coal, had left again for their destination. 
lished by law, with stringent penalties for viola- A Lake Erie Vessel in the Bosimoitus—The The Brazilians, as well as foreigners, at Pernam- 
tion, and a provision forbidding the increase of sc booner D. B. Sexton, which sailed from Cleve- buco, sympathize cordially with the objects ot our 
winter tariff to a rate exceeding 20 per cent, above [ and on the 29th May last, for London, arrived Government. 
the lowest rate charged during the season of canal sa fely in Constantinople on the 8th of November, A complimentary address had been presented to 
— If tbe new law against free negroes goes into op¬ 
eration in Maryland, full 25,000 persons must leavo the 
State, or be sold into slavery. 
— There are now 86 coast survey parties in the field 
and afloat—on the Atlantic coast, 18 ; on the Gulf coast, 
12 ; and on the Pacific coast, 6. 
— Since the Montalembert trial all the English papers 
sent to France have been confiscated, and telegraphic 
messages have been intercepted. 
— Such is the popularity in France of the Suez canal 
the Paraguay expedition, which had put in there pro j eet of M de Lesseps, 3,000 street porters in Mar¬ 
seilles arc among the subscribers. 
_The Memphis Avalanche of the 15th ult., notices a 
sale of 1,520 bales of cotton for $77,000, being the largest 
single sale ever made in that city. 
— A New York correspondent of the Boston Adver- 
navigation. after a rough passage up the Mediterranean. The ex-Consul Clements, of the United States, by tiser 8tates tbat Washington Irving has made a dona- 
__- Captain states that he outsailed everything in his trading firms at Pernambuco. Uon of t0 tbe Mount Vernon Fund. 
Nicaragua Affairs.— Information was received course, and was the first of a fleet of one hundred - “ - The Susan has returned from Nicaragua without 
at Washington on the 30th ult from Nicaragua, and fifty sail that arrived at that port, and without Ministerial Resignation in Canada.— the io- having bce n able to land the fillibusters. She is now 
which shows that Yrisarri has ’not been recalled’, breaking a rope-yarn or leaking a drop. ronto Globe announces the resignation of Mr crui8 ing near the mouth of the Colorado. 
but that his resignation as Minister to the United --- Sicottc > Chief Commissioner of Public Works, and _ Another company of fillibusters has set sail for 
States heretofore tendered lias been accepted. Death of a Sister of Robert Burns.— Isabella says that the immediate occasion of the step is Nicaragua, and another revenue cutter has fired a 
" The ’centr'd American States are more than ever Burns, the youngest sister of the poet, more gene- alleged to be the unwillingness or the inability of harmless shot at toe departing “ emigrants.” 
irrmressed with the necessity of forming a Confede- rally known as Mrs. Begg, died recently at her the Government to mature a policy, embracing _ On Dec. 3d, the regent of the Mt Vernon Ladies’ 
raev for their mutual protection. It is said to be cottage near Ayr, in her eighty-eighth year. leading questions, in view of the approaching meet- A8SO ciation paid John A. Washmgton $57,000, with in- 
* . t• 1 ^+ 1 ^ __ q _ in£ of Parliament. We notice that the telegraph terest, the amount due on the first installment. 
hip-hlv nrobable that Nicaragua would take no -. A £ fl mi , 
decisive action on thc Cass-Yrisarri Treaty, until Sebastopol is still a place of desolation, its num- attributes the resignation to a disagreement on the _ N ew York is certainly a great city. They have 
after the arrival of Sir William Gore Ouseley, bers of 40,000 having dwindled to 6,000. Many of Seat of Government question,-Mr. Sicotto being now a “Dog Boarding House.’ The ]keeper wffi, for $i 
whose arrival was daily expected the inhabitants live in the huts left by the Allies. opposed to the Queen’s award in favor of Ottawa. per week, board dogs, and tram them $1 o0. 
